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Can Oysters Solve the Nitrogen Problem?

Can Oysters Solve the Nitrogen Problem?

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | May 8, 2019 | Coastal Communities, Events, Research, Uncategorized

One single oyster can filter about 50 gallons of water per day. This kind of filtering power is being looked at by researchers as a potential solution to absorb harmful amounts of nitrogen entering coastal waters via wastewater treatment facilities and stormwater...
Seafood Cook-Off to Feature Gray Sole

Seafood Cook-Off to Feature Gray Sole

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Apr 25, 2019 | Events, News, Sustainable Seafood, Uncategorized

  High school culinary students to compete in 2019 Rhode Island Seafood Cookoff featuring gray sole Warwick Area Career & Technical Center to host cookoff for five schools; public is invited WARWICK, R.I.—Local high school culinary student teams will be...
March 27: How Oysters Alter Coastal Waters

March 27: How Oysters Alter Coastal Waters

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Mar 14, 2019 | Events, News, Research, Uncategorized

JOIN US for a discussion on new research looking at how oysters – which can filter over a gallon of water every hour – can help the environment adapt to excess pollutants entering our coastal waters from fertilizers and sewage.   Join us on Wednesday,...
Lobster Listening Session Oct. 26: Identifying Research Questions

Lobster Listening Session Oct. 26: Identifying Research Questions

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Oct 25, 2018 | Events, News, Uncategorized

Sea Grant is hosting a “listening session” on Friday, Oct. 26th to better understand the key research questions for understanding and managing American lobster in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank, including the effects of environmental changes on...
Marine Law Symposium Nov. 16: Legal Strategies for Climate Adaptation in Coastal New England

Marine Law Symposium Nov. 16: Legal Strategies for Climate Adaptation in Coastal New England

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Oct 25, 2018 | Events, News, Uncategorized

Join us on Friday, November 16, 2018 at the Roger Williams University School of Law for a discussion on how state and local governments in coastal New England can overcome legal barriers to climate adaptation. Legal experts from the Georgetown Climate Center in...
Join 41°N at the Graduate School of Oceanography Open House Oct. 13

Join 41°N at the Graduate School of Oceanography Open House Oct. 13

by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Oct 9, 2018 | Events

At our 41°N booth, sign up for your free copy of Rhode Island’s Ocean & Coastal Magazine and design your own tie-dye shirt!  ($5 donation requested per shirt) Saturday, October 13 10 a.m. ~ 4 p.m. URI Graduate School of Oceanography Narragansett Bay Campus...
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In honor of #NationalOysterDay, we wanted to talk In honor of #NationalOysterDay, we wanted to talk about greenhouse gas emissions... . If Americans replaced just 10% of our meat consumption with oysters, it’d be like removing almost 11 million cars from the road from greenhouse gas savings. . Researchers @fulweilerlab @bostonu found this to be the case when comparing land-based meat production with oysters cultivation. The latter of which requires a fraction of the space and resources to grow. . Find the full story, “New study shows how eating more oysters could reduce greenhouse gas emissions” on our website. . #nationaloysterday #oysters #seafoodiesne #climate #greenhousegasemissions #carbonfootprint #localseafood
Sea Grant-funded researchers and students sampling Sea Grant-funded researchers and students sampling for micro-plastics for a new project looking at how micro-plastics may serve as vectors for pollutants and marine disease. . Students pumped water through a custom filtration system in order to capture particles down to 10 micron in size. . “This is part of our Sea Grant monitoring project, and next week they will sample a gradient from the north to the south of the Bay,” said Andrew Davies, lead researcher of the project and visiting associate professor @universityofri . . #microplastics #oceanhealth #science #SeaGrantfunded #narragansettbay #shellfish
Check out the new @fishlineapp to find today’s l Check out the new @fishlineapp to find today’s local catch direct from the fishermen! This free app will help direct you to the best seafood sources near year and includes recipes, stories, fisheries info., and guides on how to filet different types of fish. . . #seafoodiesne #riseafood #localseafood #seafoodlovers #localcatch
The thing about dams... is that old, out-dated one The thing about dams... is that old, out-dated ones are putting Rhode Island cities and towns in peril. . Almost 100 of the state’s 669 dams are considered high hazard with some that are nearly a century old. . Many of these dams have been poorly maintained and were not built to handle the increased rainfall and flooding from climate change, yet they are being relied upon to protect more and more people as housing developments spring up. . “So many of these legacy dams just aren’t built to handle the kind of conditions we’ll likely see in the not-so-distant future,” says Read Porter, RI Sea Grant’s senior staff attorney @marineaffairs . “If you don’t account for climate change...you could lose your entire dam. Nature is changing things, humans are changing things, and the dams and the dam owners are sitting in the middle.” . Read more at 41nmagazine.org . #dams #41nmagazine #rhodeisland #climatechange #coastalresilience
Publicly-owned wetlands are being eyed for long-te Publicly-owned wetlands are being eyed for long-term carbon reduction. . #bluecarbon refers to carbon that is captured by the world’s oceans and coastal ecosystems. The capacity to remove carbon from the atmosphere can be sold on the carbon market to offset pollution but requires 100 years of carbon sequestration guaranteed. . Rhode Island Sea Grant’s legal team and law fellows @marineaffairs worked with @raestuaries to understand the legal issues in starting such a project. . “The soils in wetlands, and coastal wetlands in particular, sequester a tremendous amount of carbon, and that is an opportunity to combine climate change mitigation efforts with coastal wetlands protections,” said Read Porter, staff attorney for RI Sea Grant’s legal program. . Several challenges for these kinds of projects include determining property boundaries between public and private lands, and committing to 100-year contracts. . Learn more by visiting our bio link. . #coastalwetlands #protectourwetlands #climatechange #bluecarbon #carbonsequestration #marinelaw #rhodeislandlawfellows
If you can’t beat ‘em, eat ‘em. . . Green c If you can’t beat ‘em, eat ‘em. . . Green crab cuisine is the new culinary solution to invasive species. Yulia Kuzmina, executive chef @georgesofgalilee uses green crab for her popular curry and crab bisque. . . “Anything that the fishermen pull up, anything we’ve never heard of before, we’ll be the first to get our hands on it.” . . Photos by @marianneleephoto . . Read more at 41nmagazine.org . . #41nmagazine #rhodeislandlife #rhodeislandseafood #invasivespecies #greencrab #seafoodiesne #culinarytalents #seafood
Warming waters invite new species further north, c Warming waters invite new species further north, changing the landscape. “We still have the same cast of characters in the bay, but their roles have changed,” says @uri.gso Jeremy Collie. As lobsters declined in southern New England, Jonah crabs seemingly took their place. Fishermen who had targeted lobsters have transitioned to harvesting crabs using the same gear. . . Photos by @jesse_burke . . Read more at 41nmagazine.org . . #41nmagazine #climatechange #rhodeislandseafood #narragansettbay #seafoodiesne #warmingoceans
The new issue of 41N is out and explores issues re The new issue of 41N is out and explores issues related to aquaculture, cooking invasive species, the dangers of dams, and the birth of ocean science in Rhode Island. . . Contact us to get your free subscription or check out the articles online at 41nmagazine.org . . Cover image of @quonniesirenoyster by @jesse_burke . . #41nmagazine #rhodeislandsoceanandcoastalmag #oceanstate #lilrhody
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